Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the fifth edition of the Global Conference on Cyberspace on Thursday at an event in New Delhi.
At the conference, PM Modi talked about the future of Digital India and said, “DigitalIndia is the world’s largest programme employing technology to help citizens and improving service delivery.” Modi — as an initiative to promote the Digital India program launched an one-in-all app called Umang. The app provides over 100 services of the centre and state government on one single platform.
The app provides a unified approach where you can install one application to avail multiple government services.
Umang basically stands for Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance and is envisaged to make e-governance. The application is already available for download from Google Play store, Apple App store and also on Windows store for free. This e-governance application is developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and National e-Governance Division (NeGD) in order to drive Mobile Governance in India and also promote Modi’s Digital India program.
Umang app provides all pan India e-Gov services ranging from central to local government bodies and other citizen-centric services like Aadhaar and Digilocker on one single platform or mobile app. Whether you need to pay your utility bills, file income tax, book a gas cylinder, know about your Provident fund account or have Aadhaar related query, Umang provide you with all services on one mobile application.
The application is available on multiple channels like mobile application, web, IVR, and SMS and can be accessed through smartphones, feature phones, tablets and even desktops. The application comes with a dedicated customer support from 8 AM to 8 PM every day, reported India Today.
